Politics & Government

Prince George's Council Looks to Divide Grant Funds

County executive is seeking to allocate funding to grant programs in public safety departments.

The County Council is looking to divide up grant money aimed at offsetting cuts to departments throughout Prince George’s County.

 During Tuesday’s council meeting, County Executive Rushern L. Baker’s office introduced a motion to allocate more than $7 million in funds from the federal and state government to the county’s police department, department of housing and community development, social services, soil conservation, fire/EMS, and office of homeland security among others.

 Baker has been a strong proponent of increasing funding to public safety departments in the county.  In all, county police, fire/EMS and homeland security would receive nearly $4 million in additional funding.

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